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Sense says local counciles are failing

The deafblind charity Sense says local councils are failing to identify deafblind children.

Its survey of 91 top-tier local authorities found that only a third ofthe estimated 2,100 deafblind children in the UK had been identified,and that almost half of those had not been offered a specialistassessment of their needs and less than a quarter received anyone-to-one support outside school or nursery.For details visitwww.sense.org.uk.

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